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Jesus Christ, Superstar at the Kennedy Center

The Roots’ lead MC Black Thought will contribute music and lyrics to a stage adaptation of George S. Schuyler’s 1931 novel Black No More, as Rolling Stone points out. According to RS, Black Thought will also star in the musical version of Schuyler’s Harlem Renaissance-era book. Black No More is slated to premiere at Pershing Square Signature Center in October 2020 during the New Group’s 2020 to 2021 theatrical season.

The cast of Timon of Athens — Photo by Henry Grossman

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Amen Corner — Photo: Scott Suchman

Boy — Photo: Cameron Whitman

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Sarah Jessica Parker is returning to Broadway! The former star will be joined by her husband, Matthew Broderick, in the first-ever New York revival of Neil Simon’s marriage comedy. And ET has your exclusive first look at the actors as three different pairs of couples visiting the famed Manhattan hotel. 

David Byrne’s hit stage show American Utopia ends its first run tonight (February 16), following 121 performances at Hudson Theatre on Broadway. Now, Byrne has announced the popular musical’s second run, which will kick off September 18, 2020, and continue for 17 weeks through January 17, 2021. The second run will return to the Hudson Theatre.

As far as I can tell, the one and only time an Antônio Carlos Jobim song was heard on Broadway was in Twyla Tharp’s “Come Fly Away.” The song was “Wave,” which, as I write this, makes me want to be on a beach right now.

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Toxic Avenger — Photo: Ryan Maxwell – TA9.EmilyLevey.RickyDrummond

The cast of Spring Awakening, photographed on the set by Todd Franson for Metro Weekly. .

Silent Sky — Photo: Scott Suchman

Since the beginning of my career, I have made it my mission to tell authentic queer-female stories for the female gaze with a feminist point of view.

is making the leap from the stage to screen thanks to an upcoming presentation of the original Broadway production created by and starring Lin-Manuel Miranda. 

The New York Musical Festival was created to give new writers a start. So isn’t it “ironic,” says Josh Canfield, whose “Alive! The Zombie Musical” played NYMF last year, that it “stabbed us in the back.”

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Within our smartphones is a world of smiley faces, flowers, royals . . . and a pile of poo. And now many of them have come alive, in the off-Broadway musical “Emojiland.” Several key players tell us how — and sometimes why — they bring a digital character to life.

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could be headed to Broadway. The hit ‘90s sitcom starring Fran Drescher is being developed into a new musical by the actress and her ex-husband, Peter Marc Jacobson, who both created the series. 

Tony Award-winning composer Jerry Herman has died aged 88.

To explain may be doing a disservice to the magical wonderment that is humans performing as a group of felines competing to be the chosen one. Honestly, the less said the better. “It’s a big joyous romp,” tells ET. “It really should not be taken too seriously.” But now that director has adapted ’s hit musical into a movie, ET is breaking down everything you need to know about the Broadway show, the cast of cats and what the whole thing is about.